different between pursuer vs proselyte

English

Etymology

pursue +? -er

Noun

pursuer (plural pursuers)

1. One who pursues.
2. (Scotland, law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
   • 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808 (page 216)

     On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]

Translations

Anagrams

• usurper

English

Etymology

From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pros?lutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from ???? (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -???- of ??????? (el?lutha), perfect of ??????? (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew ??? (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/

Noun

proselyte (plural proselytes)

1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
   • King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:

     Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Translations

Verb

proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)

1. (transitive) To proselytize.

Derived terms

• proselyter
• proselytic
• proselytism
• proselytize

Translations

Anagrams

• polyester, polytrees

Latin

Adjective

pros?lyte

1. vocative masculine singular of pros?lytus